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Gill Kimber

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“We don’t quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.”

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Gill Kimber @brumus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Clive Lewis’s penultimate paragraph in this article is a neat summary of what has to happen if we want to preserve democracy in the UK.
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unevn.bsky.social @unevn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CHARLES, STOP FLEECING BRITAIN. Charles charges this RNLI lifeboat station to launch its boat because he owns the beach. And they’re not the only charity he’s rinsing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pocn...
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CHARLES, STOP FLEECING BRITAIN
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This is pitiful. Allowing the very thing it claims to condemn because it is too cowardly and self-interested to support that which would stop it.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I was asked "What do other countries do about big money in politics?" Canada is a useful case study as their parliamentary system closely mirrors the UK's (for obvious reasons) - except they've totally clamped down on mega-donations.
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RV 🇸🇩 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇮🇳 🇬🇧 @rave74.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
@harryeccles.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 14/09/2026
Danny Tommo (real name Daniel Thomas) was stopped driving someone else’s car without insurance and, naturally, calls it persecution. The police car had ANPR. His plate flagged. He was stopped using TPAC. That’s not persecution. It's the system working. And "I'm on my way to church” doesn't wash.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’m just a person on my fucking knees begging the government to use its absolutely massive majority to do something extremely fucking popular: save our democracy.
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Claire @clairepull.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This. It only confirms what the majority of us already know but the hard of thinking Reformers could do with watching it. Everyone knows at least one 'white, angry old man', show them.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Rayner warns of retrospective action over Reform donations - as Jenrick says crypto billionaires 'asked for nothing in return' Fun Fact — Bent Bob Jenrick approved a £1 billion Development for property tycoon and former Porn Baron Richard Desmond saving him £106 million leading to an investigation🤥
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Politics latest: Rayner warns of retrospective action over Reform donations - as Jenrick says crypto billionaires 'asked for nothing in return'
Crypto billionaires Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne have each handed Reform UK £36m in an effort to "level the playing field" with Labour and the Conservatives. The party's economy spokesperson, Rob...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"We're not broke, we're being robbed" #BlameMillionairesNotMigrants meme via Joshua ABD
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Gill Kimber @brumus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wow
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B heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Former head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove has warned foreign states have their 'fingerprints' all over public service tech.. "For the sake of Britain’s national security this cannot continue...it risks overseas actors taking control of them (our critical infrastructure) at will.”
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Gill Kimber @brumus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It’s all he has to do.
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Andy Burge 🇬🇧🇪🇺 @andygjburge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nick @nicklowles.bsky.social tells me that we won't want to miss this.
Trailer for C4 Dispatches expose of little Tommeh-Ten-Names's grifting to be broadcasted at 10pm on 09/09.26
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
More than a quarter of police forces (12 out of 43) in England and Wales are involved in pilot contracts with Palantir of the same kind that prompted the London mayor to order the Metropolitan Police to sever its links with the US technology company www.ft.com/content/01bb...
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Twelve English police forces involved in contentious Palantir pilot programmes
More than a quarter of forces in England and Wales have the same kind of contract that was blocked in London by mayor Sadiq Khan
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Any politician calling to leave the ECHR is lying about what that will achieve. It won’t solve any problem or improve our lives It will make us worse off and remove our rights. Just like Brexit. The ECHR belongs to us all. It’s not theirs to take. Please sign www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
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Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR
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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 05/09/2026
My cousin’s shirt took me a second. He said “it’s great because anyone who would be offended by it couldn’t understand it anyway.”
A shirt with the following words in rainbow colors:
Fluorine
Uranium
Carbon
Potassium
Titanium
Rubidium
Uranium
Magnesium
Platinum
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wow. Watch Channel 4 News now Nigel Farage discussing elicit funding for reform U.K. from a foreign donor All on secret camera
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Cambridge for Europe @cambsforeurope.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The fact that these tech billionaire-funded racists have penetrative the University of Cambridge to the extent they have really ought to be a bigger story bylinetimes.com/2026/07/09/p...
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Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed
The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Well. That’s a cool way to start the day. Good Morning Blue Sky
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the3million @the3million.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🚨We're taking legal action. Our lawyers have now sent the Home Office a warning letter over its ‘grant in error' policy, which lets pre-settled status expire without a right of appeal. This is the first step before potential further action. Please support 👇 www.crowdjustice.com/case/eu-citi...
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EU citizens stripped of their rights to stay in the UK
the3million is the largest grassroots organisation for EU citizens in the UK, formed after the 2016 referendum to protect the rights of people who have made the UK their home.
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Ramin Nasibov @nasibov.me · 26/08/2026
July 23, 2026 was the busiest day in air travel history
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hard to overstate what an extreme position* is being advocated by the FT here, in historical terms 1/🧵 *she gets it wrong of course: settlement after 5 or 10 years is standard now (for those who qualify: it’s not “automatic”); Mahmood proposes to increase it to 20 years or never for many people

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	A looming challenge is how many recent arrivals will seek indefinite leave to remain (ILR), becoming eligible for welfare benefits. While Burnham has kept the hardline Shabana Mahmood in place as home secretary, it is less clear if he will actually adopt her proposals. Labour MPs have already indicated their unhappiness with her plan to double the time it takes to automatically qualify for ILR from five to 10 years — an essential move.

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Gill Kimber @brumus.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
That’s the way to do it!👍
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ossoff: It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults, public officials paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Williams: “Although Nigel Farage thought it was worth getting a theologian on board for Reform UK, I don't think he lies awake at night thinking about his soul” No. Just the MAGA money that will roll in if he prances about in some racist fake-religious fervour. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Ex-Archbishop accuses Farage of using Christianity to channel anti-Muslim feeling
Rowan Williams was the Church of England’s leading bishop for 10 years until 2012
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Chris @oakymoron.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Totally disgusting Ban then from any public sector contracts www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Grenfell cladding firm Arconic paid shareholders $31m more in compensation than to fire victims
Report’s author said findings highlighted ‘near-total failure’ to hold corporations accountable over the disaster that killed 72 people
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Gill Kimber @brumus.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@samfr.bsky.social Just one insidious result of detailed devolution:
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 17/08/2026
Thank you 🙏 @marina-purkiss.bsky.social for saying what needs to be said with the anger and feeling it deserves. RIP Jason Arday
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Kerry @kerry10.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Once again #FoodWaste This time it's Lidl #Lidl
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 16/08/2026
"Not just those who pose an immediate threat. There are people there who don’t deserve to live . . . They are not even people.” as.ft.com/r/24f6ccb3-2...
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Far-right Israeli minister advocates killing ‘30 to 40’ Gazans each night
Itamar Ben-Gvir also calls for re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian enclave
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Not hard to see why Reform did not announce their plan to abolish Personal Independence Payment until *after* the by-election..
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💙🦋 @humanity101.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Given that driving without insurance is not an imprisonable offence, these 220 people should probably think about appealing.
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Stuart @stuartmanderson.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"Ich bin ein Binliner..."
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
IKEA have a lot to say about their ethical credentials and their work supporting refugees. But they also pay to advertise on Talk, which spreads vitriol and hate every day. Put your money where your mouth is, IKEA. Pull your ads from this toxic channel. #ikea #refugees #ethicaladvertising
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📌 ICYMI — Zack Polanski Promotes Radical Plan to Break Up Britain’s ‘Billionaire Media’ — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Green leader throws weight behind Media Sovereignty Act campaign to stop press barons "literally buying democracy"
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Zack Polanski Promotes Radical Plan to Break Up Britain’s ‘Billionaire Media’
Green leader throws weight behind Media Sovereignty Act campaign to stop press barons "literally buying democracy"
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
I imagine there were Victorians who said “we can’t afford sewers”, knowing that deaths from poor sanitation happened mostly to people they didn’t know. This is much more serious, of course.
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Merry Christmas, as in the other place. @hellobluesky5694.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
'Runcorn Reform MP Sarah Pochin slammed for 'shameful' World War II post'. 'A French account replied with: "I don't understand why you're so eager to show the world how stupid you are, but rest assured, I admire your dedication."' Liverpool Echo. Bloody love the French account reply.
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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
No argument with this 2 minutes worth
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Dr Malcolm Harvey @malch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Change the name of the institution and the vampire consultants and this is the same story at any number of different institutions. A national scandal.
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Gill Kimber @brumus.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What is this if not censorship?
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Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Here it comes... We will probably have a Reichstag moment before midterms
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 29/07/2026
A new poll shows half of America wants Netanyahu arrested on U.S. soil.
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Half of Americans Support Arresting Benjamin Netanyahu: Poll
The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for war crimes
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MissTaylor1991 @feminists-areheros.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Sorry America. You don't deserve friends.
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
You want more extraordinary facts about the Brexit Party’s George Cottrell? Step right up. Here’s where Peter Jukes & I reported Andy Wigmore had sent his legal docs to Russian embassy marked ‘For your eyes only.’ And the message: ‘Have fun with this’ www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018...
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Leave. EU faces new questions over contacts with Russia
MPs say latest revelations show Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore may have misled parliament
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Good grief, this hits home.
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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Clacton are organised and they won’t fall for Farage’s lies twice.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 23/07/2026
34 people are willing to lose their £500 deposit in the Clacton by-election. Perhaps Britain is better off than we think. Or, is someone paying it for them in order to dilute the Binface vote ..?
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